[Qemu-devel] Re: Build always fail on x86_32 host for i386_softmmu target

[Juan Quintela]

Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
> Juan Quintela wrote:
>> Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Juan Quintela wrote:
>>>> Bruce Majia <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> When I built qemu on my x86_32 host with following configure line:
>>>>>
>>>> try to do first a:
>>>> make distclean
>>>>
>>>>> $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/qemus/master \
>>>>>   --target-list=i386-softmmu
>>>>> $ make
>>>> there are several config.h & config.mak around (from old builds) you
>>>> need to remove then 1st.
>>> Doesn't the fact that this is required for a proper rebuild indicate
>>> some issue in the build system? I just recall a recent multi-hour
>>> debugging session of mine which turned out to be due to an inconsistent
>>> build after moving forward in the git history (in qemu-kvm, but the code
>>> change came from upstream). Or are there some fundamentally unresolvable
>>> scenarios so that a distclean is mandatory after every git update?
>> 
>> Humm, no, it should only happens if you update from a _very_ old qemu
>> (very old means something between qemu-0.11 - 0.12).
>> 
>> If you had need it after 0.12, it is a different bug and should be fixed.
>> 
>
> I think I tried to reproduced this, but I failed after purging the buggy
g> output directory (out-of-tree build):
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/47499
>
> Maybe you are luckier than I :), or we have to wait for the next issue
> to come.

Looking at it.  I normally are "unlucky" person on that cases.  It
hasn't happened to me, but will take a look.

Later, Juan.